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KMID : 0358819850120040505
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Journal of Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
1985 Volume.12 No. 4 p.505 ~ p.511
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A SURVEY OF CLEFT LIP AND PALATE SURGERY
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Minn Kyung-Won
Kim Chin-Hwan
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Abstract
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A mail survey was used to make inquiries about the tendency in managing the cleft lip and palate patients in Korea.
The survey was composed of 16 questionaires concerning pre-operative and post-operative management in cleft lip and palate surgery and the survey was completed by senior house staffs and faculty members who are responsible for plastic surgery training programs.
The results were as follows:
1. Mainly both triangular flap method and rotation advancement method are used in cleft lip repair.
2. Almost half of answers choose lip adhesions in complete cleft lip.
3. About 60% of answers choose surgical set-back in managing the protruded premaxilla.
4. 75% of answers repair one side of bilateral cleft lip at a time.
5. The alveolar cleft are repaired at the same time of lip surgery in 65% of answers.
6. The push back is the main procedure of cleft palate repair.
7. Surgical treatment of velopharyngeal incompetence includes Lateral Port Control in 69% of answers and other pharyngeal flaps in 37%.
Results were compared with those of survey in U.S.A. by Osborn and Kelleher and revealed that there were many differences between two countries in the way of managing the cleft lip surgery, though few differences in managing the cleft palate.
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